Thornley, John, Private, 244238, 10th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment
Formerly Private, 3507, Infantry Base Depot, Cheshire Regiment
Previous service number 15638
Previously served with 5th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment
Born Glossop, Derbyshire
Enlisted Glossop
Died of wounds 31st March 1918 aged 32
Son of Henrietta and the late Thomas Thornley, of Glossop; husband of Lily Thornley, of 86, Victoria St., Glossop, Derbyshire.
Buried in Wimereux Communal Cemetery, IX, B, 5

1911 Census
A bookmaker
Husband of Lily, and father of Thomas and Lily Thornley, of 86, Victoria Street, Glossop, Derbyshire
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Memorial to John Thornley on Family Grave, Glossop Cemetery

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